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Hannibal Tavares


2nd Mayor of Maui
In office October 1979 – January 2, 1991
Preceded by	Elmer F. Cravalho
Succeeded by	Linda Lingle

Personal details
Born	(1919-09-24)September 24, 1919 Makawao, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.
Died	January 17, 1998(1998-01-17) (aged 78) Wailuku, Hawaii, U.S.
Spouse	Harriet Tavares

Hannibal M. Tavares (September 24, 1919 – January 17, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 2nd Mayor of Maui from October 1979 until January 2, 1991.^[1] He was the longest-serving mayor of Maui.^[2]

Life

Tavares was born in Makawao, Maui, Hawaii,^[3] on September 24, 1919.

In 1978, Maui Mayor Elmer Cravalho won reelection to a second term,^[4] but he suddenly left office only months later.^[4] The vacancy left by Cravalho's resignation necessitated a special mayoral election.^[4] In October 1979, Hannibal Tavares won the special mayoral election to complete the remainder of Cravalho's term.^[4]

Tavares went on to win reelection and became Maui's longest-serving mayor to date.^[4] He retired from office on January 2, 1991, and was succeeded by Republican Linda Lingle.^[4]

Tavares's daughter, Charmaine Tavares, served as mayor of Maui from January 2, 2007, to January 2, 2011.^[5]^[6] Both are the descendants of Portuguese immigrants who settled in Hawaii.^[6]

He died at Maui Memorial Hospital in Wailuku, Hawaii, on January 17, 1998, at the age of 78.^[3] A resident of Kula, Maui, Tavares was survived by his wife, Harriet Y.T; three children, Charmaine Tavares, Sharon Klaschka, and Gary Tavares; three sisters, Helen Medeiros, Margaret Roberts and Sophie Stone; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.^[3]

References

^ Perry, Brian (2014-08-10). "Arakawa to face Paltin in the fall". Maui County Council. Archived from the original on 2014-08-16. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
^ Engledow, Jill (2006-07-01). "A Decade on Maui: On MNKO's 10th anniversary, we look back at how our island has changed". Maui Magazine. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hannibal Tavares services Friday". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1998-01-21. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Other Hawai'i mayors who died in office". Honolulu Advertiser. 2008-06-23. Archived from the original on 2018-08-25. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
^ "Mayoral candidate profiles for Maui". Lahaina News. 2010-09-16. Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
^ ^a ^b Kubota, Gary T. (2010-03-10). "Maui effort honors 2 ethnic groups". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. AllBusiness.com. Retrieved 2010-09-27.

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